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higher up than Bonar-briclge. It is not a wide, 

 but it is a rapid river, full of falls, pools, rapids, 

 and streams. From the Shin-bridge to the upper 

 fall — a distance by the river side of about two 

 miles or less — there is excellent fishing, better 

 perhaps than from the upper-fall to the Loch. 

 I think, however, that in the late summer months 

 there is a greater number of large fish above the 

 fall than below it, but by far a greater number of 

 grilse below than above it in July and August. 

 The best spots are Cromartie's pool, Angus's pool, 

 the Ferlun pool, and the Black-stone pool. How- 

 ever, all the intervening streams should be closely 

 fished, particularly those above the lower fall, by 

 the wood side. The best season for large fish is 

 March and April, and for grilse July and August. 

 However, whenever the river is higli there is 

 always abundance of fish in the river. They run 

 large, but, generally speaking, are not handsome 

 fish. In Loch Shin there is good trout-fishing, 

 particularly for the salmo ferox. 



The Laxford. — This little river is not more 

 than four miles long. It is eight miles distant from 

 Scourie. 'Tis a capital angling stream for small 

 salmon and large sea-trout. The latter are more 

 abundant in it than, perhaps, in any other river 

 in Scotland. Its salmon do not average more 



